Tag: EP Review

EP REVIEW: Last Train by Luna The Professor

By Gregor Farquharson (@gregoratlantic) The Scottish rock music scene is thriving just now, and new band Luna The Professor (formerly The Vistas) from Wishaw, Scotland just show us this. The band, consisting of Johnny Irwin, Eamonn Kelly, Dave McNally and Ross Caldwell, recently released their first EP, “Last Train” which has received nothing but love…

March 13, 2017
The Front Bottoms – Needy When I’m Needy EP REVIEW

By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Managing to further refine their already solid pop punk and emo-fueled sound on last year’s Back On Top, one of the best records to be released in 2015, The Front Bottoms have treated fans prior to their UK tour with a two song EP. Titled Needy When I’m Needy, the release features b-sides that…

November 5, 2016
Vistas – Medicine EP REVIEW

By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) This year sure has flown by, hasn’t it? It seems like only yesterday I was heaping praise on Edinburgh indie rock/pop outfit Vistas for their single Sign Language, a track that wasn’t afraid to embrace some poppier elements to result in a captivating hook that’s resulted in the chorus being permanently embedded…

October 26, 2016
EP REVIEW: Death Grips – Interview 2016

Reviewing a release from Death Grips is never easy. The biggest challenge with the Sacramento hip hop act isn’t the music itself but how it’s delivered, sometimes in a conventional fashion, other times leaked by the band themselves. So it isn’t surprising that we have Interview 2016 on our hands whilst waiting for the much…

April 11, 2016
EP REVIEW: Fake Boyfriend – Mercy

RELEASE OF THE WEEK Looking at the tags on Fake Boyfriend’s bandcamp will tell you all you need to know about them before diving right into this punk rock rich release: existential crises, heartbreakers, heartbroken, and philly sad girls. On Mercy, their first EP, it’s clear that they’ve hit all these tags quite well, most of all…

March 16, 2016